Fish hook setter



Nov. 4, 1958 J. w. BREMER, JR 2,858,634

FISH HOOK SETTER Filed Aug. 2'?, 1956 INVENT OR ATTORNEY United States Patent -O FISH HOOK SE'ITER v John W. Bremer, Jr., Jacksonville, Fla. [Application August 2 7, 1956, Serial No. 606,282

4 Claims. (cl. i3-1stl HThis invention pertains tovish hook Setters and more particularly to trigger devices for insertioninto a fishing line Ywhich may be extended into an energized elongated 2,858,634 Patented Nov. 4, 1958 rice bent to hook around rod 2 and to be releasable generally in the manner of release of a safety pin to permit fish condition and trigger released by a iish striking the hook to.y provide a-sharp pull 4on the hook, thereby to set the hook in the mouth of the fish. l Y A general object of the invention is to provide an improved fish Ahook setter, of'simpliiied construction, whereinre'ady replacement of a'resilient extensible tension element is permitted, wherein the roverall construction is extgemelyrsimple, compact, light in weight, sturdy, easily adjusted,;easily set, reliable in function and not subject to Ltrippingror triggering through inadvertent catching o n weeds or from other causes. l Y l l' The vnovel features which are believed to be'characteristic of, this invention are set forth withiparticularity in the appended claims. The `invention itself, however, both as to its organization and method of operation, together. with further objects land advantages thereof, may best vgbe understood by reference' to the following descriptiontaken in connection .withtthe accompanying drawing,inwh ich: w Y

Egrl is a side elevation of a hook setting device embodying'the invention, the device being in set or energized condition, andY f l g `Fig. 2 lis a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing the device in'passive condition. 1

' Referring now tothe drawings, Fig. v1 shows the device in vextended orset condition, ready for triggering by a fish. .Asseem the device comprises-a base rod 1 and a trigger rodf2 coupled` together Vin a slideable manner by means of a loop 3 formed at the lower end5 portion 4 of base rod 1 and a loop 5 at the extreme upper endof trigger rod 2;. Loop 3 extends around and cages rod 2, while loop Sextends around and cages base rod 1. The upper end portion of rod 2, generally designated by the numeral 6, is formed, by bending, to. have a loop or hook 7 `and to form va notch 8, comprising a shoulder `9, the notch opening toward the'concave side 10 of trigger rod 2V and arranged to permit shoulder 9 to engage loop 3 in a manner to provide trigger action. It will be noted that base rod land trigger rod 2 are both of gently arcuate curvature, inthe case of rod 1, between its upper portion generally designated 11.and its lower Vportion 4.and, in

the case ofrod 2, between its upper portion and itsy lower portion 12, and it will be further seen that the arcuate curvature of the rods is substantially equal and that the concave sides 10 of rod 2 and 13 of rod 1 face generally in the same direction, that is, toward the right as seen in Fig. 1.

fL'oop'7 is offset .fromrod 2 inthe direction of its concave side 10 and the trigger notch 8 opens toward this direction, Notch 8 is preferably lfowl-ined by a kink` or sharp bend, 1 4 in the-upper'portionl ofjrod 2.

ai*Upper end portion'11-ofrod"1"is"folded back on `itself to form a fishing line attachment loop and the terminal end portion 16 of the rod is further folded upwardly 9 form an anchoring hook 17 for anchoring a resilient hook 23 to be engaged on and removed from loop 21.

The trigger rod 2 is preferably of somewhat resilient metal and may comprise galvanized or, if desired, uncoated steel wire material about one-sixteenth inch diameter, while the base rod 1 may be of the same or, preferably, of a steel wire of slightly greater diameter.

When thedevice is placed in use, being attached to fishing line 24 at loop V15, and with tension exerted between hooks 7 and 17 by rubber band 18, and with rod 2 extended as shown in Fig. 1, shoulder 9 engages against loop 3 of rod 1, the shoulder at the point of engagement being substantially perpendicular to the direction of the application of force by rubber band 18 on trigger rod 2. In this condition, the inner portion 25 of guide loop 5 will normally be in engagement with the side 13 of rod 1. If a fish now bites hook 23, exerting force in a direction away from line 24, the trigger rod 2 may tend to straighten slightly at kink 14 changing the direction of shoulder 9 and permitting rubber band 18 to pull rod 2 upwardly. Depending upon the relationship between the tension force of band 1.8 and the force necessary to bend rod 2 at kink 14, the downwardl force of hook 23 by the biting of a fish thereon may, alternatively, tend to stretch band 18 and to swing rod 2 in a direction which Would be clockwise for the device viewed as in Fig. l, the swinging being about the point of engagement between shoulder 9 and loop 3. V-Such swinging would, of course, tend to move edge 25 of guide loop 5 away from side 13 of rod 1. Such swinging changes the angle at which shoulder 9 engages loop 3 and permits the shoulder to slide through loopV 3. While either action would be suicient to release or trigger vthe device, in actual practice both actions combine, in the usual case, to provide the release of rod 2 for rapid upward motion under the influence of rubber band 18. l 1 When triggered from the position of-Fg.. l, the contracting rubber bandV pulls trigger rod 2 upwardly along rod 1, guide loop 5 travelling upwardly along rod 1 and trigger rod 2 moving upwardly through guide and trigger loop 3 toward the de-energized positions shown in Fig. 2. The rapid Vupward movement of trigger rod 2 along base rod 1 produces a sharp jerk on hook 23 which sets the hook in the mouth of the sh.

As seen in Fig. 2, guide loop 3 loosely encircles trigger rod 2 to permit free sliding of rod 2 through the loop, while guide loop 5 encircles rod 1 in a similar free sliding relatively loose manner. With the device in its passive or unset condition of Fig. 2, the rubber band 18 may take the loose form shown in Fig. 2, wherein it will be seen that the opposite ends 19 and 20 of the band are looped into hook 17, with the intermediate portions 26 of the band engaged through the loop 7. Loop 7 is preferably formed as a closed loop having legs 27 and 28 connectingit with the remaining portions of rod 2 extending in parallel and touching or substantially touching relation. Loop 7 functions, however, merely as an anchoringV end portion 6 of'rod 2; Y

hook for affixing a-portionof the rubber band to the upper In order to gset or cock the device into the condition of- Fig.: lfrom its passive condition of Fig. 2,' the upper tion of Fig.` l until triggered. Alternatively, the. lower end portion 12 of rod 2 may be held in one hand while guide loop 3 is pushed upwardly along rod 2 until it is engaged: on 'snout-devia te eeck; the device.

tt' is notedV 'that the peint V29' or the nshiheolrr tandis; posedztowardzthe inner or concave side. ot the arc oil/rods 1 and 2. It' has been found thatV the 'generally arcuate shape'- fromend' to end' o'f thel device ini extended condition, as shown in Fig. 1,- cau'se's itl to hang while trolling wilth the concave sides.' 1i@ and 13' directed .generally upwardly. The device, accordingly, tends to guard hook 23 fromI engagementU with weeds or other underwater objects. ItA will also be apparent that. engagement of triggerrod 2 with an object which may Vstrike the conve'x or outer sidel Si'will tend to torce rody Z into a mort' firmly' triggered condition, itur'ther enga-ging shoulder 9 on loop 3;?, rather than in the opposite direction which might cause mislirin'g or false triggering of the device. lt'. will also be noted that any' force applied against guide loop 5 resulting from-the pulling of th'e devi'cethrough the water by means of iish line 24.will tend toward more hrm engagement of shoulder 9" on` loop 3 and kwill not trigger the device.

While only certainl preferred embodiments ot this invention have been shown and describedy by'way of illustration, many i modifications Will occur tol those skilled in the art andy it is, therefore, desired zthat it be understood that -it isintended in the appended claims to cover all such modifications as fall within the true spirit and scope of this invention.

What is claimed as new and what it is desired to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

l. A iish hook setting device comprisingy an elongated frame rod curved from a lower end to an upper end in aA gentle arc and having an eye at said upper end for attachment to a line and having an anchoring hook adjacent said upper end, an elongated trigger rod having a iish hook attachment eye at one end and having a guide loop at the other end encircling said frame rod and slideable therealong, said frame rod comprising a guide loop at its said lowei end encircling said trigger rod andi slideable therealong, said trigger rod being curved between its said ends in a gentle arc at least substantially conforming to the arc of said fr'arnerodv and being longitudinally slideable therealong from aside-by-side position to an extended position with respect to said frame rod, said trigger rod havingV atrigger notch opening. toward the concave side of its arc andengageable with said guide loop of said frame rodwhen said' triggerV rod is in said extended position, a connecting hookon said trigger rod otiset toward the inner sideI of saidar'c from; said notch and trigger rod, and'tension springmeans connected at its respective opposite ends' to said anchoring hook and to said connecting hook.

2. A fish hook setting device comprising a pair of elongated bars, each bar having an upper end portion and' a lower end portion, a yguide loop at the lower end portion of one bar loosely encircling the' other bar and a guide loop at the upper end portion of said other Vbar encircling said one bar, extensible tension means anchored to saidl upper end portion of said one bar, means for attaching a iish line to said upper end portion of'said one bar, means attaching said tension means tosaid' sccond bar, lish hook attachment means at the Vlower portion of s'aid'- other bar, said upper end portion of said otherbar comprising a trigger notch engageable by said guid'e'loopl of" saidone bar, said tension means tending to retain said upper ends adjacent each other and being extended when the device is set by pulling said guide loops toward one another andengaging said notch with said guide l'o'opof said one bar, saidv other bar being resiliently lll yieldable atsaid crook whereby said crook tends to open in response to a pull on said fish hook attachment means thereby to trigger-release said other bar for movement -by said tension means in a direction toward said upper end of said one bar.

3. A lish hook setting device comprising an elongated base rod having an upper endportion folded back on itself to form a line attachment loop and having the extreme end portion ofsaid end portion -folded to form an anchor hook adjacentoney side of said rod, said rod having a main body portion extending in a gentle arc concave toward said side from said upp'er end portion and terminating ina lower end portion spaced from said upper end portion, a guide loop formed at said lower end portion extending from said concave side, a trigger rod approximately equal in length to the length of said base rod having a lower end portion looped to form a iish hook' attachment and extending above said lower end portion through said guide loop terminating in an upper end portion, the intermediate body `portion between said end portions of'sai'd trigger ro'dy extending in a gentle arc at least substantially equal to the are' of said base rod, the concave sides of said rods facing insubstantially the same direction, the upper end portion of saidtrigger rod being bent and folded to form a trigger notch opening at the concave side of said trigger rod and an anchoring hook offset insaidV direction from said notch and to form at the extreme upper end a guidel'oop encircling the base rodf between its said end portions, 'said' notch'being-'engageable with Vsaid-"guide loop-of saidl `base rod with said trigger rod in' anextended position extending'b'elow thelo'w'er end portion of said base rod, and an extensible tension element engaged on said hooks andfurgingsaidE trigger r'od upwardly when'said-.trigger rod is' inl its' said extended position. v

4; A fish hook setting device comprising a pair of elongated rod members, said'members comprising slideable coupling means retaining said members in Vgeneral' alignment for sliding longitudinally with respect tozcn'ei another, one of said members having'line attachment means at one end thereof Aand the-other said-'member being slideably extensible beyond the other' end'of sad one member andV havinghook attachment means atv its extended end, said coupling means comprising. aV guide loop i formed at vsaidl other end-I of said one'memb'ererb. circling saidv other member between itscnds and a seconcl'v guide' lo'op'forme'd at the other end4 of said other member encircling'` said one member between' its saidA endsfre-V silient-[ten'sion means attached torespect-ive' portions of saidirn'embevrs which are separated upon-such slideable extension of said other? member and which 'approach each other upon sliding retraction ofts'aidf other member, and trigger means comprisinga respectve'catchA element on each said member, said'L elements being engaged' when said vvother'member is extended, 011ev of said elements comprising a shoulder formed on said otherfelfement and theother of said elements comprising a portion of said slideable coupling means' on the said one' member, said other member being bowed between said hook attachment means and said' shoulder whereby sai'd shoulder andv other element tend to rotate about said engaged elements in response to application. of an external pulling force on. said hookv attachment means.

ReferencesV Cited iny the'tilei of this patent UNITED STATESl PATENTS V2,631,399 sewa i Mar. 17,1953

t FOREIGN PATENTS 171,951 Austria m- 1 July .25., 19.512

1,097,052 France c Feb. 9, 1.955 

